FORECAST: Storm chances ramp up into the weekend

ABOVE: The latest forecast update from Severe Weather Center 9. To stay on top of changing weather conditions, be sure to download our free WSOC-TV weather app.

• Temps reached into the low-90s Thursday with heat index values near 100 degrees.
• There were a couple of pop-up showers southeast of Charlotte.
• However, most of the activity was across the mountains.
• While we are certainly primed for pop-up storms, Chief Meteorologist Steve Udelson believes the Charlotte metro will have to wait until Thursday evening to see any cooling rain.
• The next couple of days will feature more heat, humidity, and a better-than-average chance of showers and storms.
• The overall severe weather risk is low, but any of these storms will bring a lot of rain and the threat of lightning.
• High temperatures this weekend will be around 90 degrees.
• Rain chances will drop in temperatures will rise.

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